wed
a pledge, what is given as security ⬩ a pledge, what is given as security ⬩ a pledge, solemn promise, engagement, covenant, compact
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Gif ðú wed nime æt ðínum nǽhstan si pignus a proximo tuo acceperis, Ex. 22, 26. Genime mon .vi. sciłł. weorð wed, L. In. 49; Th. i. 132, 13. Æt cynges spǽce lecge man .vi. healfmarc wedd, æt eorles .xii. óran wedd, L. Eth. iii. 12; Th. i. 296, 25-6.
mǽrþu
greatness ⬩ honour ⬩ glory ⬩ fame ⬩ a great ⬩ honourable ⬩ glorious action ⬩ a wonderful thing ⬩ mighty work
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Mǽrþa ðíne hig tellaþ magnitudinem tuam narrabunt, Ps. Lamb. 144, 6. Eálá mín drihten . . mǽrþum gefrǽge, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 4; Met. 20, 2. Hine God trymede mǽrþum and mihtum him God confirmed with glory and with might, Elen.
burg
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Ðá hé þá geseah ꝥ seó burh (buruh, burg, v.ll. ) wæs tó þan fæst ꝥ hé ne mihte hié ábrecan, hé áslát þá túnas ymb þá burhg onweg, Bd. 3, 16; Sch. 265, 5-14. Tó burge and tó wealle ad arcem et ad moenia, Kent. Gl. 287.
Linked entries: burgat burg-stal burg-steal BURH
wǽdla
poor ⬩ needy ⬩ indigent ⬩ wanting ⬩ deficient in ⬩ poor in ⬩ begging ⬩ poor ⬩ needy ⬩ a poor, needy person ⬩ a poor, needy person ⬩ a beggar
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Ðearfa and wéðla hergaþ noman dínne pauper et inops laudabunt nomen tuum, Ps. Surt. 73, 21. Geðeaht wǽdlan (wédlan, Ps. Surt.) consilium inopis, Ps. Spl; 13, 10. Hé hine on wǽdlan hýwe æteówde, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 221.
ge-dihtan
to direct, order, give direction to a person ⬩ with acc. of direction, to give a direction :-- ⬩ to direct what is to be written or spoken, dictate a letter, speech, c. ⬩ to appoint, ordain ⬩ to order, manage, rule ⬩ of the divine ordering :-- ⬩ to compose a letter, verse, c. ⬩ o draw up regulations, laws, c. :-- ⬩ to construct, mate ⬩ to perform, do ⬩ to arrange ⬩ to deck, adorn
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'Nimað þisne scyldigan . . . ' Þá tugon hí þone hálgan wer, swá hé him gediht hæfde, Hml. S. 14, 151-159. to direct what is to be written or spoken, dictate a letter, speech, c. Seó ealde gesetnys ðe hé þurh Móysen gedihte, Hml. Th. ii. 56, 16.
ge-weald
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Th. i. 296, 3. power that brings something to pass, is the cause or source of something, v. wealdan; Hwæþer hit nú ðínes gewealdes sié ꝥ se hærfest sié swá welig on wæstmum et an tua in aestivos fructus intumescit ubertas, Bt. 14, 1; F. 40, 27.
weallan
of water, &c. issuing from a source ⬩ to well, bubble forth, spring out, flow ⬩ of the source, to well with, ⬩ flow with, ⬩ with a noun ⬩ absolute ⬩ implying abundance ⬩ to swarm, exist in large numbers ⬩ of production in large numbers or great quantity, ⬩ to swarm with ⬩ flow with ⬩ of violent movement, ⬩ to boil, rage, heave ⬩ of movement in liquids caused by heat, ⬩ to boil (intrans.), ⬩ to be hot ⬩ used of a vessel in which a liquid boils ⬩ of other than liquids, ⬩ to be hot, burn, blaze, rage ⬩ figuratively, of persons, passions, emotions, ⬩ to be fervent, to burn, rage, to be strongly moved ⬩ trans. ( = willan?) To roll, turn
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To roll, turn Hine on lyfte lífgetwinnan sweopum seolfrenum swíðe weallaþ, óð ðæt him bán blícaþ, blédaþ ǽdran, Salm. Kmbl. 288; Salm. 143. [O. Sax. wallan to well; to boil, burn (fig.): O. Frs. walla: O. H.
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ge-wildan
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Th. ii. 544, 9-11. to control, restrain, keep from excess, of action or movement in persons or things Þú gewyldst mihta sǽ tu dominaris potestatis maris, Ps. L. 88, 10. Gif hé gewelt si conpresserit (labia sua ), Kent. Gl. 626.
wén
supposition ⬩ opinion ⬩ thought ⬩ idea ⬩ hope ⬩ expectation ⬩ likelihood ⬩ probability ⬩ chance ⬩ perhaps ⬩ perchance ⬩ may be ⬩ probably
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Gif ðú wistes, ðú uoen is (woen is mára, Rush.) gif ðú gegiuuedes si scires, tu forsitan petisses Jn. Skt. Lind. 4, 10. Cum mid ús, ðý læs wén is hí ús eft genimon come with us, lest haply they take us again Blickl. Homl. 239, 9.
Linked entry: wéna
heáfod
HEAD, chief, source, 'the commencing point, or the highest point, of a stream, of a field, hill, etc.
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Ðá cóman ðyder tu wild deór and heóldan ðone líchoman óðer æt ðǽm heáfðum óðer æt ðǽm fótum then came thither two wild beasts and guarded the body, one at the head, the other at the feet, Shrn. 83, 25: Rood Kmbl. 126; Kr. 63. Heáfdan, Blickl.
winter
a season of the year ⬩ winter ⬩ wintry weather ⬩ cold ⬩ a year
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On ðone .vii. dæg ðæs mónðes (November) bið wintres fruma ; se einter hafaþ tú and hundnigontig daga, Shrn. 146, 7. Winter bringeþ weder ungemetceald, swifte windas, Met. 11, 59. Winter bið cealdost, Menol. Fox 470; Gn. C. 5.
Linked entries: ǽ-wintre-cyning -wintre
winnan
intrans ⬩ to labour ⬩ toil ⬩ work ⬩ to labour, endeavour, strive after ⬩ to labour, struggle, be troubled ⬩ to labour under, suffer from ⬩ to strive, contend, fight ⬩ of hostile action towards a person ⬩ of competition ⬩ of opposition to things ⬩ of the action of inanimate objects ⬩ to make war ⬩ fight ⬩ of the action of inanimate objects ⬩ with cognate accusative ⬩ to win ⬩ make one's way ⬩ trans ⬩ to labour at ⬩ bestow labour upon ⬩ to labour under ⬩ suffer ⬩ undergo ⬩ to win ⬩ get ⬩ attain
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Winn for sáwle ðíne ... winn for rihtwísnysse agonizare pro anima tua ... certa pro justitia, Scint. 73, 14, 15. of hostile action towards a person Gif Satanas winð ongén hine sylfne si Satanas consurrexit in semetipsum Mk. Skt. 3, 26.
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hwá
Who ⬩ what. ⬩ any one ⬩ some one ⬩ anything ⬩ something ⬩ whosoever ⬩ whatsoever, ⬩ whatever
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Gif ic cweþe tu scis quis hoc fecit ðú wást hwá ðys dyde ðon biþ se quis relativum ðæt is edlesendlíc, Ælfc. Gr. 18; Som. 21, 27-30.
ge-healdan
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Án pund penega hé lǽnde Túne and his geswysternon; gehealdon hí hine, Cht. Crw. 23, 21.
fægere
beautifully ⬩ elegantly ⬩ gently ⬩ fair ⬩ plausibly ⬩ speciously ⬩ impurity ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ nobly ⬩ splendidly ⬩ justly
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Hé fylde þínne willan fægere mid góde satiat in bonis desiderium tuum, Ps. Th. 102, 4. Heofonas syndon fægre gefylled þínes wuldres, Ph. 627: Gú. 625. Gefultuma mé, þonne beó ic fægere hál, Ps. Th. 118, 117. Gefultuma mé fægere, 118, 86.
ge-sweotulian
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Ox. 3653. to shew, prove, demonstrate by action Ic gesweotelige ł ic geséde þé God þín ic eam testificabor tibi Deus tuus ego sum, Ps. L. 49, 7.
hwæt
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numquid non ipse est pater tuus?, Cant. M. ad fil. 6. Lá hwæt is ǽnig óðer on eallum þám gelimpum bútan Godes yrre swytol?
hám
Home, house, abode, dwelling, residence, habitation, house with land, estate, property ⬩ domus, domicilium, prædium, villa, mansio, possessio ⬩ a village ⬩ a dwelling-place ⬩ an abode, world, this world ⬩ home ⬩ domus, domicilium, patria
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Ðǽr hé rád betwih his hámum oððe túnum equitantem inter civitates sive villas, Bd. 2, 16; S. 520, 10. Abbud of Peortaneá ðam hám Abbas de Monasterio Peartanea, S. 519, 28. Æt hám domi, Mk. Skt. 9, 33: Lk. Skt. 9, 61.
seón
to see with the eyes ⬩ to see ⬩ to visit ⬩ to see ⬩ perceive ⬩ discern ⬩ understand ⬩ to see ⬩ to experience ⬩ to look at, on
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Ic seah turf tredan .vi. gebróðor, Exon. Th. 394, 10; Rä. 14, 1: 400, 1; Rä. 20, 1: 414, 29; Rä. 33, 3: 434, 15; Rä. 52, 1. with acc. and predicative adj. or participle Hý grim helle fýr gearo tó wíte andweard seóþ, Exon. Th. 78, 8; Cri. 1271.
Ælfréd
Alfred ⬩ Alfrédus ⬩ Alfred the Great
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manigfealdum bísgum ðisses kyneríces, ða bóc wendon on Englisc, ðe is genemned on Lǽden Pastoralis, and on Englisc Hierde bóc, hwílum word be worde, hwílum andgit of andgite then began I, among other different and manifold affairs of this kingdom, to turn